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WATER METER CONNECTIONS. No. 265,327. Patented Oct. 3, 1882.

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JULIUS JONSON, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JULIUS ELSON,OF SAME PLACE.

WATER-M ETER CONNECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,327, dated October3, 1882.

Application filed August 23, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS JoNsoN, of the city and county of New York,in the State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Service-Cocks and aste- Water Meters,of which thefollowingis a specification.

My invention is applicable to waste-water meters which are adapted to beconnected with the service-pipe of a building upon the exterior thereof,and to show the amount ofwater wasted by reason of leakage or othercauses in any given time.

My invention consists in the combination,

with a service-cock composed of a shell having a straight water-way anda plug having a direct water-way ranging with that in the shell, andalso having waterways ranging with that in the shell and leading throughthe head of the plug, of pipes extending from the waterways in the headof the plug, and a water-meter having said pipes connected, one with itswater-inlet and the other with its water-outlet. When themeterisdisconnectedi'rom said pipes the plug of the cock is turned so that thewater passes directly through it; but when the meter is connected theplug is turned so that the water flows through the head of the plug upone of said pipes, through the meter down the other pipe, and thence tothe house or building to be supplied.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an end view of a meterand a vertical section ofa box or case containing my improvedregistering mechanism, and of a service-cock also embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the meter and a sectionthrough my improved registering mechanism upon the dotted line or a,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a plan of my improved registering mechanism,and Fig. 4 represents a sectional view of my improved service-cock withthe plug in different position from that shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates a water-meter, which may be of any ordinary or suitableconstruction. This meter is not altered in any way, except that itsdial-registering mechanism is not used and its (No model.)

rotary indicatingor registering spindlea is continued through the top.

13 B designate the water inlet and outlet, and O G designate verticalinlet and outlet pipes, which are inserted into a common head, O and bya horn band, 0 are connected with the meter.

D designates the shell of the service-cock, which is secured in theservice-pipe, and D designates the plug thereof, into which the 6c lowerends of the pipes O G are inserted. 1n the shell of the cock is theusual water-way, b, and in the plug are two water-ways, 00, which extendthrough the head of the plug and register with the water-way b. In thelower part of the plug is a transverse water-way, d, which will registerwith the water-way b when the plug is turned and permit the water toflow directly to the house without passing through the meter. Where itis designed ever to apply a waste-water meter a service-cock of this construction should be used, and the pipes G C are long enough to reach tothe surface of the ground where the meter is applied. Ordinarily theplug 1) is turned into the position shown in Fig. 4, with the water-wayd registering with b; but when it is desired to try the meter it issecured to the upper ends of the pipes O C, or, rather, to the head 0and the meter, pipes, and plug are then turned to bring the plug intothe position shown in Fig. 1, so that the ports 0, o, and b willregister.

Turning now to my registering apparatus, E designates a box or casesecured upon the top end of the meterA, and provided with ahingedeover,E, which may be opened to afford ac cess to the interior thereof.In the box or case E are mounted two drums or rollers, F F, the formerof which has a positive rotary motion imparted to it by a clock-workmechanism, Gr, which is not very fully represent-ed here, as it is ofordinary construction. A strip, 6, of paper or other like material, isput into the box or case E, wound or rolled upon the drum or roller F,and as the clock-work G operates it 5 imparts a slow rotation to thedrum or rollerF and draws the strip 0 from off the drum or roller F andwinds it upon the drum or roller F. Upon the upper end of the indicatingor registering spindle a of the meter, which projects into the box orcase E, is a pinion,f; and

upon a shaft, g, and through which a rotary motion is transmitted fromthe spindle a to the shaft g. The shaftg is mounted in suitablebearings, g, andis made in two pieces connected by a coupling, 9 asclearly seen in Figs. 1 and 2. Upon the upper end of the shaft g is acrank, 71, provided with a crank-pin, h; and i designates a rod or bararranged in suitable bearings, i, and comprising a transverse slot oryoke, i, which receives the crankpin 71.. The end of the rod or bar iwhich is over the strip 0 carries a pencil or tracing-point that isarranged to bear upon said strip; and it will be clearly seen that thewater passing through the meter will set the spindle a, and through itthe shaft 1, in motion and effect the reciprocation of the rod or bar1''. The strip 0 is moved forward by the clock-work at a uniform speed,while the reciprocation ot'the rod or bar 17 will vary with the amountof water passing through the meter. Thus when a large quantity of wateris passing through the meter the rod or bar i will be reciprocatedquickly, and the pencil or pointj willdescribe azigzagline, the anglesof which are acute, upon the strip a. When, however, there is a smallquantity of water passing through the meter the rod or bar i will bereciprocated slowly,a-nd the zigzag line produced by the pencil orpointj will have obtuse angles and be more nearly straight. One part ofthe dotted Zigzag line on the strip 0, (seen in Fig. 3,) indicates agreat consumption or waste of water, while another part ofthelineindicates alesserconsumption or waste. It is evident that thelevel of the strip a will vary slightly as it is unwound from the drumor roller F, and to hold the strip always in the same positionrelatively to the pencil or point j, I employ rollers 7., under whichthe strip 0 passes, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be seen that by myinvention I enable a permanent and accurateregister to be obtaiued, which may be kept and referred to at any time,and which is much more satisfactory than a record obtained by readingsfrom an ordinary meter dial which are obliterated atter ward I am awarethat steam-gages and other registering apparatus have been made in whicha pencil is reciprocated or moved over a moving strip of paper; and I donot therefore claim this as ot'my invention. In such apparatus thepencil or marker is commonly reciprocated or moved more or less inproportion to the varying pressure or flow of the fluid, while in myapparatus the pencil has a uniform and unvarying length of travel, andis reeiprocated more or less rapidly as the velocity of the flowingwater increases or decreases, and positively in both directions.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a service-cock composed of a shell having astraight water-way and a plug having adirect water-way ranging with thatin the shell, and also having waterways ranging with that in the shelland leading through the head of the plug, of pipes extending from thewater-ways in the head of the plug and a water-meter having said pipesconnected, one with its water-inlet and the other with its water-outlet,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JULIUS JONSON.

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